US20170024426A1 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium.
- the technique allows, as soon as one of the plural users edits the document, the other users to confirm that the document has been edited by notifying the other users of content of the editing.
- an information processing apparatus including an obtaining unit and a notifying unit.
- the obtaining unit obtains log information regarding a document edited by plural users.
- the log information at least includes information for identifying a component edited in the document and information for identifying a user who has edited the component.
- the notifying unit notifies, in a case where a first user among the plural users edits a component of the document and then a second user among the plural users edits the component of the document, the first user that the component of the document has been edited, in a display manner based on a degree of importance for the first user.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a conceptual module configuration according to a first exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a configuration of a system to which the first exemplary embodiment is applied
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process according to the first exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a document to be processed in the first exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a data structure of an editing log table
- FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a data structure of an annotation table
- FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a data structure of a degree-of-importance calculation rule table
- FIG. 8 illustrates an example of a data structure of a degree-of-importance calculation result table
- FIG. 9 illustrates an example of a process according to the first exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 10 illustrates an example of a process according to the first exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 13 illustrates an example of a process according to the second exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 14 illustrates an example of a data structure of an editing log table
- FIG. 15 illustrates an example of a data structure of an annotation table
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer with which the exemplary embodiments are implemented.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a conceptual module configuration according to a first exemplary embodiment.
- module refers to a logically separable component, such as a software component (a computer program) or a hardware component.
- module used in this exemplary embodiment indicates not only a module in a computer program but also a module in a hardware configuration.
- the exemplary embodiment includes descriptions regarding a computer program causing a computer to function as the modules (such as a program causing a computer to execute each procedure, a program causing a computer to function as each unit, or a program causing a computer to implement each function), a system, and a method.
- the expressions “to store” and “to cause a device to store” and expressions equivalent thereto are used.
- modules and functions may have one-to-one correspondences; however in implementations, one module may be constituted by one program, plural modules may be constituted by one program, or conversely one module may be constituted by plural programs.
- plural modules may be executed by one computer or one module may be executed by plural computers in a distributed or parallel environment.
- one module may include another module.
- connection is used to refer to physical connection and logical connection (such as data exchange or reference relations between instructions and between pieces of data).
- predetermined indicates a state where something is determined prior to target processing.
- predetermined includes the meaning that something is determined in accordance with a state/status at that time or a state/status up to that point before and even after processing according to the exemplary embodiment starts as long as the determination is made prior to the target processing.
- plural “predetermined values” may be different from each other or two or more values (which obviously include all values) may be the same.
- the expression “if something is A, B is performed” is used to indicate that “it is determined whether or not something is A, and then B is performed if it is determined that something is A”, except for the case where determination regarding whether or not something is A is not needed.
- a system or an apparatus may be constituted by plural computers, plural hardware components, plural devices, or the like that are connected to each other via communication networks, such as networks (including one-to-one communication connections), or may be constituted by one computer, one hardware component, one device, or the like.
- communication networks such as networks (including one-to-one communication connections)
- apparatus and “system” are used as synonyms to each other.
- system does not include a social “mechanism” (social system) that is an arrangement made by humans.
- each process performed by each module or in each of plural processes performed by a module information is read from a storage device, the process is performed on the information, and the resulting information obtained from the process is written to the storage device.
- the storage device may include a hard disk drive (HDD), a random access memory (RAM), an external storage medium, a storage device connected via a communication network, and registers included in a central processing unit (CPU).
- HDD hard disk drive
- RAM random access memory
- CPU central processing unit
- An information processing apparatus 100 is used when a single document is edited through operations performed by plural users. As illustrated in the example in FIG. 1 , the information processing apparatus 100 includes an editing log management module 110 , an editing log accumulation module 120 , a degree-of-importance calculation module 130 , a degree-of-importance accumulation module 140 , and a display content control module 150 .
- the editing log management module 110 manages an editing log about when and by whom which part of the document has been edited, by using the editing log accumulation module 120 .
- the editing log management module 110 manages an editing log of a document that is being collaboratively edited.
- the editing log management module 110 obtains, from the editing log accumulation module 120 , log information regarding the document that is being edited by plural users.
- the editing log accumulation module 120 is accessed by the editing log management module 110 and stores the editing log.
- the editing log at least includes information for identifying a component edited in the document and information for identifying a user who has edited the component.
- the log information may further include information concerning an organization to which the user belongs or information concerning a role of the user. These pieces of information indicate a relationship between the users, for example, connections in the organization or roles in collaborative editing.
- the log information may further include information indicating an amount of edited content.
- the log information may further include information indicating whether the edited component is a body of the document or a comment added to the document.
- the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 calculates, as a degree of importance, how important the editing is for a user by using the information supplied thereto by the editing log management module 110 . At that time, the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 calculates the degree of importance by using the degree-of-importance accumulation module 140 .
- the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 may also calculate the degree of importance, based on a degree of connection between an organization or role of a first user and an organization or role of a second user.
- the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 may also calculate the degree of importance, based on a scale of editing.
- the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 may also calculate the degree of importance, based on a frequency of editing.
- the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 may also calculate the degree of importance, based on the type of the edited component (whether the edited component is a body or a comment).
- the degree-of-importance accumulation module 140 stores a rule for calculating the degree of importance and the calculated degree-of-importance.
- the display content control module 150 controls content displayed in relation to an edited part that is important for each user in accordance with information obtained from the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 . Note that an outline regarding important editing may be displayed as information independent from the document.
- the display content control module 150 notifies the user A that the component of the document has been edited, in a display manner based on the degree of importance of the editing for the user A.
- the degree of importance calculated by the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 is used.
- examples of the “display manner” include manners related to the shape, the pattern, the color, the positional relationship with another notification, addition of a character indicating the degree of importance, and any selective combination of the above. Accordingly, examples of the “display manner based on the degree of importance” include displaying indications in descending order of the degree of importance and displaying an indication assigned a higher degree of importance in a more emphasized manner.
- the display content control module 150 may make the notification by using an annotation that is addable to the document.
- An annotation is information added to a document. For example, an annotation is added to a document in a form of an electronic sticky note.
- an annotation may be added to or removed from a document, or the position of the annotation may be changed.
- content displayed in a sticky note may be added, modified, or removed.
- an access right may be set for an annotation.
- the display content control module 150 may display the edited component indicated by the notification. For example, the display content control module 150 displays a page including the component indicated by the notification (component edited by the user B).
- the display content control module 150 may make the notification by using timeline display based on the degree of importance upon the user signing in.
- the display content control module 150 may also dynamically update the degree of importance in annotation-based notification or timeline-based notification.
- dynamically updating the degree of importance refers to calculating the degree of importance every time the document is edited and changing the display manner in accordance with the degree of importance.
- FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a configuration of a system to which the first exemplary embodiment is applied.
- An information processing apparatus 100 A, a document management system 210 A, a document management system 210 B, a user terminal 220 A, a user terminal 220 B, and a user terminal 220 C are connected to one another via a communication network 290 .
- the document management system 210 B includes an information processing apparatus 100 B.
- the communication network 290 may be wired or wireless, or may be a combination thereof.
- the communication network 290 may be a communication infrastructure, such as the Internet or an intranet.
- functions of the information processing apparatus 100 A, the document management system 210 A, and the document management system 210 B may be implemented as cloud services.
- the information processing apparatuses 100 A and 100 B are sometimes collectively referred to as the information processing apparatuses 100 ;
- the document management systems 210 A and 210 B are sometimes collectively referred to as document management systems 210 ;
- the user terminals 220 A, 220 B, 220 C are sometimes collectively referred to as user terminals 220 .
- the document management systems 210 are systems in which digitized documents are registerable.
- the document management systems 210 have a function that allows a registered document to be collaboratively edited with the plural user terminals 220 .
- the document management system 210 B including the information processing apparatus 100 B supplies the editing log to the information processing apparatus 100 B.
- the document management system 210 A supplies the editing log to the information processing apparatus 100 A via the communication network 290 .
- the user terminals 220 access the document management system 210 in response to operations performed by respective users 225 (i.e., users 225 A, 225 B, and 225 C) to allow the users 225 to collaboratively edit a document registered in the document management system 210 .
- users 225 i.e., users 225 A, 225 B, and 225 C
- the user terminals 220 just need to include a web browser.
- the user terminals 220 may also include the display content control module 150 .
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process according to the first exemplary embodiment.
- step S 302 a document is edited in response to a user operation. Specifically, once a document registered in the document management system 210 is edited, the information processing apparatus 100 obtains information for uniquely identifying the document (document identification (ID)) in the first exemplary embodiment, information for uniquely identifying an edited portion of the document in the first exemplary embodiment, an ID (user ID) for uniquely identifying a user in the first exemplary embodiment, and an editing date/time.
- ID document identification
- user ID for uniquely identifying a user in the first exemplary embodiment
- an editing date/time an editing date/time.
- FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a document to be processed in the first exemplary embodiment.
- a document 400 “doc-123” managed by the document management system 210 includes a first area 410 and a second area 420 .
- the user 225 A “user-001” and the user 225 B “user-002” collaboratively edit the document 400 by using the respective user terminals 220 .
- the first area 410 is an area (1ab39av10) that is a component edited by the user 225 A “user-001”.
- the second area 420 is an area (4boaker9a) that is a component edited by the user 225 B “user-002”.
- step S 304 the information processing apparatus 100 updates the editing log. Specifically, the information processing apparatus 100 stores the information obtained in step S 302 in the editing log accumulation module 120 . More specifically, the information processing apparatus 100 stores, in the editing log accumulation module 120 , a log record that indicates “when” and “how”, “by whom”, “which part” of the collaboratively edited document has been edited. For example, such a log record is stored by using an editing log table 500 in the editing log accumulation module 120 .
- FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a data structure of the editing log table 500 .
- the editing log table 500 includes a user ID field 510 , an editing date/time field 520 , a document ID field 530 , an edited portion field 540 , and an editing scale field 550 .
- the user ID field 510 stores information (user ID) for uniquely identifying a user in the first exemplary embodiment.
- the editing date/time field 520 stores a date/time (represented in a format of year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and millisecond; or any combination of these units) at which editing has been performed by the user.
- the document ID field 530 stores information (document ID) for uniquely identifying a document edited by the user in the first exemplary embodiment.
- the edited portion field 540 stores information indicating a portion edited by the user. As information regarding the “edited portion”, any information that allows an edited portion of the document to be uniquely identified may be used. For example, in the case of a structured document, information regarding the edited portion corresponds to an ID for identifying a component of the structured document.
- the editing scale field 550 stores the scale of editing performed by the user.
- the scale for example, the number of characters that have been edited (including added and deleted characters) may be used if the target to be edited is text, or an area of a portion that has been edited may be used if the target to be edited is a figure.
- step S 306 the information processing apparatus 100 determines whether the user ID of a user who has previously edited the edited portion is successfully obtained. If the user ID is successfully obtained, the process proceeds to step S 308 ; otherwise, the process ends (step S 399 ). Specifically, the information processing apparatus 100 searches the editing log table 500 for the user ID of a user who has edited the same edited portion. If such a user ID is found (YES in step S 306 ), the process proceeds to degree-of-importance calculation processing (step S 308 ). If no such user ID is found (NO in step S 306 ), the process ends (step S 399 ).
- step S 308 the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 calculates the degree of importance.
- the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 calculates the degree of importance by using the degree-of-importance calculation rule stored in the degree-of-importance accumulation module 140 and stores the calculation result in the degree-of-importance accumulation module 140 .
- a degree-of-importance calculation rule table 700 is used as the degree-of-importance calculation rule.
- FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a data structure of the degree-of-importance calculation rule table 700 .
- the degree-of-importance calculation rule table 700 includes a point-of-view field 710 and a priority field 720 .
- the point-of-view field 710 stores the point of view (described later).
- the priority field 720 stores a priority in the point of view.
- the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 then stores the calculated degree of importance in, for example, a degree-of-importance calculation result table 800 .
- FIG. 8 illustrates an example of a data structure of the degree-of-importance calculation result table 800 .
- the degree-of-importance calculation result table 800 includes a user ID field 810 , a degree-of-importance field 820 , an edited portion field 830 , and an editing user ID field 840 .
- the user ID field 810 stores a user ID that indicates the previous user (the user A described above) who has edited the edited portion (indicated in the edited portion field 830 ) last time.
- the degree-of-importance field 820 stores the degree of importance of the editing of the edited portion (indicated in the edited portion field 830 ) for the previous user (the user A described above) indicated by the user ID.
- the edited portion field 830 stores a portion that has been edited.
- the editing user ID field 840 stores a user ID that indicates a current user (the user B described above) who has edited the edited portion this time. It is assumed in this case that the user A edits a component, and then the user B edits the same component.
- the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 determines whether editing that is important for the user A has been performed in accordance with the information stored in the editing log table 500 .
- Examples of the point of view used to calculate the degree of importance include (1) to (5) listed below. These points of view may be used independently from one another, or the degree of importance may be calculated based on the priority defined in advance in the degree-of-importance calculation rule table 700 . In addition, the degree of importance calculation result is stored in the degree-of-importance calculation result table 800 on a per user basis.
- the number of times of editing or the number of times of editing in a predetermined period may be used as the frequency of editing.
- the degree of importance is changed depending on the way of editing, such as “depending on whether the body is edited” or “whether an annotation is added as a comment”. Editing is determined to be more important in the case where the body of the document is edited in response to a comment than in the case where another comment is added in response to a comment because it is considered that checking whether the pointed-out part is correctly reflected is more important.
- Editing performed by a user belonging to the same group as the previous user (user A) or by the previous user's boss is determined to be more important.
- a reference right may be assigned to an annotation of a document.
- the reference right of each annotation is managed by using an annotation table 600 .
- FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a data structure of the annotation table 600 .
- the annotation table 600 includes an annotation ID field 610 and an access right field 620 .
- the annotation ID field 610 stores information (annotation ID) for uniquely identifying an annotation in the first exemplary embodiment.
- the access right field 620 stores an access right assigned to the annotation indicated by the annotation ID.
- the access right field 620 stores, for example, the user ID and the access right (such as a reference right or an editing right).
- editing related to the annotation is determined to be more important.
- editing may be determined to be more important on condition that no user not having the reference right for the annotation is participating in the concurrent editing.
- information that is desirably kept unknown to other groups is determined to be important when no other groups are participating in the collaborative editing and to be a topic of a chat during the collaborative editing.
- step S 310 the information processing apparatus 100 determines whether the user indicated by the user ID is currently using the user terminal 220 . If the user is currently using the user terminal 220 , the process proceeds to step S 312 ; otherwise, the process ends (step S 399 ). Specifically, the information processing apparatus 100 checks whether the user indicated by the user ID obtained in step S 306 is online (is collaboratively editing the document). If the user indicated by the user ID is online (YES in step S 310 ), processing of step S 312 is performed. If the user indicated by the user ID is not online (NO in step S 310 ), the process ends (step S 399 ).
- step S 312 the information processing apparatus 100 controls display of the annotation for the user ID. Specifically, the information processing apparatus 100 displays editing information in an editing outline area 1020 (see FIG. 10 ) on the user terminal 220 of the online user. The display content may be sorted based on the degree of importance. The user then selects a given part of the editing outline area 1020 on the user terminal 220 . A document area 1010 (see FIG. 10 ) may be updated (changed) so that the “information for uniquely identifying the edited portion of the document” stored in the editing log table 500 is displayed.
- a notification is made by displaying an annotation added to a document of interest. That is, content of the notification is included in the annotation.
- the document area 1010 that displays content of the document being edited and the editing outline area 1020 that notifies the user of important editing for the user are displayed in a screen 1000 of the display device, such as a liquid crystal display, of the user terminal 220 .
- the example illustrated in FIG. 10 illustrates the case where editing is performed five times, and the editing outline area 1020 displays editing outlines 1021 , 1022 , 1023 , 1024 , and 1025 , which are annotations. Note that when collaborative editing is started, nothing is displayed in the editing outline area 1020 .
- the display of the annotations is controlled in accordance with the degree of importance in the editing outline area 1020 .
- the display order or whether to display each annotation is controlled in accordance with the degree of importance.
- the users 225 A and 225 B are collaboratively editing a document by using the user terminals 220 A and 220 B, respectively.
- the user 225 A “user-001” inserts a table 910 A on page 1 of the document (state A).
- the user 225 A “user-001” refers to page 5 of the document.
- the user 225 B “user-002” edits the table 910 A that has been inserted by the user 225 A “user-001” to replace the table 910 A with a table 910 B (state B).
- the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 determines that editing that is important for the user 225 A “user-001” has been performed, in accordance with the information managed by the editing log management module 110 , and the display content control module 150 displays content of the editing performed by the user 225 B “user-002” at the editing outline 1021 of the editing outline area 1020 on the user terminal 220 A used by the user 225 A “user-001” (state C).
- the user 225 A “user-001” selects the editing outline 1021 in the editing outline area 1020 , the user 225 A “user-001” is able to check the content of the editing performed by the user 225 B “user-002” (state D). That is, the page (page 1 ) including the table 910 B (i.e., the table 910 A that has been edited by the user 225 B “user-002”) is displayed.
- the display manner of the editing outlines may be dynamically controlled by sorting them based on the degree of importance or the like. For example, the editing outline having a higher degree of importance may be displayed at an upper position.
- the displayed content may be controlled in accordance with the device type (such as a personal computer, a smartphone, or the like) of the user terminal 220 .
- the device type such as a personal computer, a smartphone, or the like
- a notification regarding important editing may be made by email or the like.
- the users 225 A, 225 B, and 225 C are collaboratively editing a document by using the user terminals 220 A, 220 B, and 220 C, respectively. It is assumed that the user 225 C is the user 225 A's boss. It is also assumed that operations such as editing performed by the users 225 A and 225 B up to the state D are substantially the same as those illustrated in the example in FIG. 9 .
- the user 225 C “user-003” edits the table 910 B included in the document by using the user terminal 220 C to replace the table 910 B with a table 910 C (state E).
- the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 determines that editing that is importance for the users 225 A “user-001” and 225 B “user-002” has been performed, in accordance with the information managed by the editing log management module 110 , and the display content control module 150 displays content of the editing performed by the user 225 C “user-003” at the editing outline 1022 of the editing outline area 1020 on the user terminals 220 A and 220 B used by the users 225 A “user-001” and 225 B “user-002”, respectively (state F).
- control is performed so that the content of editing (editing outline 1022 ) performed by the user 225 C “user-003” is displayed at an upper position than that of the content of editing (editing outline 1021 ) performed by the user 225 B “user-002” in the editing outline area 1020 on the user terminal 220 A used by the user 225 A “user-001”.
- FIG. 12 illustrates an example of a conceptual module configuration according to a second exemplary embodiment.
- An information processing apparatus 1200 is equivalent to the information processing apparatus 100 illustrated in the example in FIG. 1 that additionally includes a timeline display content control module 1250 in the display content control module 150 .
- the information processing apparatus 1200 includes the editing log management module 110 , the editing log accumulation module 120 , the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 , the degree-of-importance accumulation module 140 , and the display content control module 150 .
- modules that are of substantially the same types as those of the corresponding modules of the first exemplary embodiment are denoted by the same reference signs, and whereby a duplicated description is omitted (the same applies to the following).
- the timeline display content control module 1250 performs control so that the editing log of collaborative editing is displayed in a timeline-like manner.
- the timeline display content control module 1250 controls the display manner of contents subjected to timeline display, in accordance with the degree of importance.
- the term “timeline” refers to a line along which contents of editing are displayed in time series.
- the timeline display content control module 1250 usually displays contents of editing in ascending or descending order of time by using timeline.
- the timeline display content control module 1250 controls display based on the degree of importance by using timeline, in accordance with the degree of importance obtained by the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 .
- contents of editing 1310 , 1320 , and 1330 are displayed in descending order of the degree of importance.
- the contents of editing 1310 , 1320 , and 1330 are not necessarily displayed in time order.
- a configuration may be made such that display based on time order or display based on the order of the degree of importance is selectable.
- the contents of editing that has been performed within a predetermined period may be displayed in the order of the degree of importance.
- the contents of editing may be displayed in time order when the contents of editing have the same degree of importance.
- the user is easily able to know, at the time of sign-in, whether editing that is important for the user has been performed by another user before the sign-in.
- a third exemplary embodiment will be described next in which the degree of importance is calculated by using location information of users.
- the third exemplary embodiment has a module configuration substantially the same as those of the first and second exemplary embodiments described above, and the editing log accumulation module 120 and the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 additionally include the following information and processing, respectively.
- the editing log accumulation module 120 further stores, as the log information, location information of each user.
- the location information is information indicating a location which the user is in, for example, information indicating a country or a region.
- FIG. 14 illustrates an example of a data structure of an editing log table 1400 .
- the editing log table 1400 includes a user ID field 1410 , an editing date/time field 1420 , a document ID field 1430 , an edited portion field 1440 , an editing scale field 1450 , and a location field 1460 .
- the editing log table 1400 is equivalent to the editing log table 500 illustrated in the example in FIG. 5 that additionally includes the location field 1460 . That is, the editing log table 1400 is stored in the editing log accumulation module 120 according to the first or second exemplary embodiment.
- the user ID field 1410 stores a user ID.
- the editing date/time field 1420 stores a date/time at which editing has been performed by the user.
- the document ID field 1430 stores a document ID of a document edited by the user.
- the edited portion field 1440 stores a portion edited by the user.
- the editing scale field 1450 stores a scale of editing performed by the user.
- the location field 1460 stores a location of the user.
- FIG. 15 illustrates an example of a data structure of an annotation table 1500 .
- the annotation table 1500 is equivalent to the annotation table 600 illustrated in the example in FIG. 6 that additionally includes a location field 1530 .
- the annotation table 1500 includes an annotation ID field 1510 , an access right field 1520 , and the location field 1530 .
- the annotation ID field 1510 stores an annotation ID.
- the access right field 1520 stores an access right assigned to an annotation indicated by the annotation ID.
- the location field 1530 stores a location of a user who has added the annotation indicated by the annotation ID.
- the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 calculates the degree of importance in accordance with a distance between locations. For example, the degree of importance may be changed depending on whether the locations are the same or not.
- the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 determines the degree of importance based on additional information provided by the annotation of the document.
- Editing performed by a user who is in a location near a location in which the user, who has added an annotation to the document, has been is determined to be important.
- the term “near” may mean the same or substantially the same locations as described above, or it may be determined whether the locations are near by comparing a distance between the locations with a predetermined threshold (specifically, it is determined that the locations are near if the distance is smaller than or equal to the predetermined threshold).
- access source country information (location of the user) is assigned to an annotation as in the annotation table 1500 .
- This configuration allows editing performed by a user located in a certain country to be determined to be information that is important for the other users who have made an access from that country.
- the hardware configuration of a computer that executes a program according to the exemplary embodiments is substantially the same as that of a common computer as illustrated in FIG. 16 .
- the computer may be a personal computer or a server computer, for example. That is, in a specific example, a CPU 1601 is used as a processor (computing unit), and a RAM 1602 , a ROM 1603 , and an auxiliary storage device 1604 are used as storage devices.
- a hard disk drive or a solid state drive (SSD) may be used as the auxiliary storage device 1604 .
- the computer includes the CPU 1601 that executes a program implementing the editing log management module 110 , the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 , the display content control module 150 , and the timeline display content control module 1250 , for example; the RAM 1602 that stores the program and data; the ROM 1603 that stores a program for booting the computer; the auxiliary storage device 1604 (which may be a flash memory or the like) having the functions of the editing log accumulation module 120 and the degree-of-importance accumulation module 140 , for example; an accepting device 1606 that accepts data based on a user operation, such as a keyboard, a mouse, a touchscreen, or a microphone; an output device 1605 such as a cathode ray tube (CRT) display, a liquid crystal display, or a speaker; a communication network interface 1607 connected to a communication network, such as a network interface card; and a bus 1608 that connects the above components to one another and allows the above components to exchange data with one another.
- Plural computers described above may be
- Exemplary embodiments based on a computer program among the exemplary embodiments described above are implemented as a result of loading the computer program, which is software, into a system having the above-described hardware configuration and of software and hardware resources operating in cooperation with each other.
- the hardware configuration illustrated in FIG. 16 merely illustrates a configuration example, and the hardware configuration used in the exemplary embodiments is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 16 .
- the hardware configuration may be any configuration that enables execution of the modules described in the exemplary embodiments.
- some of the modules may be implemented by dedicated hardware (e.g., an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC)), or may reside on an external system and may be connected to the information processing apparatus 100 via the communication network.
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- plural systems illustrated in FIG. 16 may be connected to one another via the communication network and operate in cooperation with one another.
- the configuration may be incorporated into a mobile information communication device (such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a mobile device, or a wearable computer), a smart home appliance, a robot, a copier, a fax, a scanner, a printer, or a multifunction peripheral (an image processing apparatus having two or more functions among functions of a scanner, a printer, a copier, and a fax) as well as the PC.
- a mobile information communication device such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a mobile device, or a wearable computer
- a smart home appliance such as a robot, a copier, a fax, a scanner, a printer, or a multifunction peripheral (an image processing apparatus having two or more functions among functions of a scanner, a printer, a copier, and a fax) as well as the PC.
- a multifunction peripheral an image processing apparatus having two or more functions among functions of a scanner, a printer, a copier, and a fax
- the described program may be provided after being stored on a recording medium or may be provided via a communication medium.
- the described program may be regarded as the invention related to a “computer readable recording medium storing a program”.
- the “computer readable recording medium storing a program” is a computer readable recording medium storing a program that is used for installing and executing the program, for distribution of the program, and so on.
- Examples of the recording medium include Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs), such as “DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD-RAM” based on standards decided by DVD Forum and “DVD+R and DVD+RW” based on standards decided by DVD+RW; Compact Discs (CDs), such as CD-ROM, CD-recordable (CD-R), and CD-rewritable (CD-RW); Blu-ray Discs (registered trademark); magneto-optical disks (MOs); flexible disks (FDs); magnetic tapes; hard disks; ROMs; electrically erasable programmable ROMs (EEEPROMs (registered trademark)); flash memories; RAMs; and secure digital (SD) memory cards.
- DVDs Digital Versatile Discs
- CDs Compact Discs
- CD-ROM compact Discs
- CD-R compact Discs
- CD-R compact Discs
- CD-R compact Discs
- CD-R compact Discs
- the program or part of the program may be recorded on the recording media for storage or distribution. Also, the program or part of the program may be transmitted by communication using a transmission medium, for example, a wired network, a wireless communication network, or a combination thereof that is used in a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), the Internet, an intranet, or an extranet; or may be propagated over carrier waves.
- a transmission medium for example, a wired network, a wireless communication network, or a combination thereof that is used in a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), the Internet, an intranet, or an extranet; or may be propagated over carrier waves.
- the program may be part of another program or may be recorded on a recording medium together with other individual programs.
- the program may be divided and portions of the program may be recorded on plural recording media.
- the program may be recorded in any restorable form, such as a compressed or encrypted form.
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Abstract
Description
- This application is based on and claims priority under 35 USC 119 from Japanese Patent Application No. 2015-146476 filed Jul. 24, 2015.
- (i) Technical Field
- The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium.
- (ii) Related Art
- There is a technique of the related art for the case where a single document is collaboratively edited by plural users. The technique allows, as soon as one of the plural users edits the document, the other users to confirm that the document has been edited by notifying the other users of content of the editing.
- According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including an obtaining unit and a notifying unit. The obtaining unit obtains log information regarding a document edited by plural users. The log information at least includes information for identifying a component edited in the document and information for identifying a user who has edited the component. The notifying unit notifies, in a case where a first user among the plural users edits a component of the document and then a second user among the plural users edits the component of the document, the first user that the component of the document has been edited, in a display manner based on a degree of importance for the first user.
- Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the following figures, wherein:
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FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a conceptual module configuration according to a first exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a configuration of a system to which the first exemplary embodiment is applied; -
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process according to the first exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a document to be processed in the first exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a data structure of an editing log table; -
FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a data structure of an annotation table; -
FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a data structure of a degree-of-importance calculation rule table; -
FIG. 8 illustrates an example of a data structure of a degree-of-importance calculation result table; -
FIG. 9 illustrates an example of a process according to the first exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 10 illustrates an example of a process according to the first exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 11 illustrates an example of a process according to the first exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 12 illustrates an example of a conceptual module configuration according to a second exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 13 illustrates an example of a process according to the second exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 14 illustrates an example of a data structure of an editing log table; -
FIG. 15 illustrates an example of a data structure of an annotation table; and -
FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer with which the exemplary embodiments are implemented. - Various exemplary embodiments suitable for implementing the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a conceptual module configuration according to a first exemplary embodiment. - In general, the term “module” refers to a logically separable component, such as a software component (a computer program) or a hardware component. Thus, the term “module” used in this exemplary embodiment indicates not only a module in a computer program but also a module in a hardware configuration. For this reason, the exemplary embodiment includes descriptions regarding a computer program causing a computer to function as the modules (such as a program causing a computer to execute each procedure, a program causing a computer to function as each unit, or a program causing a computer to implement each function), a system, and a method. For ease of explanation, the expressions “to store” and “to cause a device to store” and expressions equivalent thereto are used. When the exemplary embodiment is implemented as a computer program, these expressions indicate that the computer program causes a storage device to store information or the computer program performs control to cause a storage device to store information. Also, modules and functions may have one-to-one correspondences; however in implementations, one module may be constituted by one program, plural modules may be constituted by one program, or conversely one module may be constituted by plural programs. In addition, plural modules may be executed by one computer or one module may be executed by plural computers in a distributed or parallel environment. Moreover, one module may include another module. Hereinafter, the term “connection” is used to refer to physical connection and logical connection (such as data exchange or reference relations between instructions and between pieces of data). Further, the term “predetermined” indicates a state where something is determined prior to target processing. The term “predetermined” includes the meaning that something is determined in accordance with a state/status at that time or a state/status up to that point before and even after processing according to the exemplary embodiment starts as long as the determination is made prior to the target processing. In the case where plural “predetermined values” are used, the plural “predetermined values” may be different from each other or two or more values (which obviously include all values) may be the same. Moreover, the expression “if something is A, B is performed” is used to indicate that “it is determined whether or not something is A, and then B is performed if it is determined that something is A”, except for the case where determination regarding whether or not something is A is not needed.
- In addition, a system or an apparatus may be constituted by plural computers, plural hardware components, plural devices, or the like that are connected to each other via communication networks, such as networks (including one-to-one communication connections), or may be constituted by one computer, one hardware component, one device, or the like. The terms “apparatus” and “system” are used as synonyms to each other. Obviously, the “system” does not include a social “mechanism” (social system) that is an arrangement made by humans.
- In each process performed by each module or in each of plural processes performed by a module, information is read from a storage device, the process is performed on the information, and the resulting information obtained from the process is written to the storage device. Thus, a description regarding reading information from the storage device performed prior to the process and writing information to the storage device subsequent to the process is occasionally omitted. Here, examples of the storage device may include a hard disk drive (HDD), a random access memory (RAM), an external storage medium, a storage device connected via a communication network, and registers included in a central processing unit (CPU).
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information processing apparatus 100 according to the first exemplary embodiment is used when a single document is edited through operations performed by plural users. As illustrated in the example inFIG. 1 , theinformation processing apparatus 100 includes an editinglog management module 110, an editinglog accumulation module 120, a degree-of-importance calculation module 130, a degree-of-importance accumulation module 140, and a displaycontent control module 150. - The editing
log management module 110 manages an editing log about when and by whom which part of the document has been edited, by using the editinglog accumulation module 120. In particular, the editinglog management module 110 manages an editing log of a document that is being collaboratively edited. - In addition, the editing
log management module 110 obtains, from the editinglog accumulation module 120, log information regarding the document that is being edited by plural users. - The editing
log accumulation module 120 is accessed by the editinglog management module 110 and stores the editing log. The editing log at least includes information for identifying a component edited in the document and information for identifying a user who has edited the component. - The log information may further include information concerning an organization to which the user belongs or information concerning a role of the user. These pieces of information indicate a relationship between the users, for example, connections in the organization or roles in collaborative editing.
- The log information may further include information indicating an amount of edited content.
- The log information may further include information indicating whether the edited component is a body of the document or a comment added to the document.
- The degree-of-
importance calculation module 130 calculates, as a degree of importance, how important the editing is for a user by using the information supplied thereto by the editinglog management module 110. At that time, the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 calculates the degree of importance by using the degree-of-importance accumulation module 140. - The degree-of-
importance calculation module 130 may also calculate the degree of importance, based on a degree of connection between an organization or role of a first user and an organization or role of a second user. - The degree-of-
importance calculation module 130 may also calculate the degree of importance, based on a scale of editing. - The degree-of-
importance calculation module 130 may also calculate the degree of importance, based on a frequency of editing. - The degree-of-
importance calculation module 130 may also calculate the degree of importance, based on the type of the edited component (whether the edited component is a body or a comment). - The degree-of-
importance accumulation module 140 stores a rule for calculating the degree of importance and the calculated degree-of-importance. - The display
content control module 150 controls content displayed in relation to an edited part that is important for each user in accordance with information obtained from the degree-of-importance calculation module 130. Note that an outline regarding important editing may be displayed as information independent from the document. - In the case where a user A among the plural users edits a component of the document and then a user B among the plural users edits the component of the document, the display
content control module 150 notifies the user A that the component of the document has been edited, in a display manner based on the degree of importance of the editing for the user A. Here, the degree of importance calculated by the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 is used. - Here, examples of the “display manner” include manners related to the shape, the pattern, the color, the positional relationship with another notification, addition of a character indicating the degree of importance, and any selective combination of the above. Accordingly, examples of the “display manner based on the degree of importance” include displaying indications in descending order of the degree of importance and displaying an indication assigned a higher degree of importance in a more emphasized manner.
- In addition, the display
content control module 150 may make the notification by using an annotation that is addable to the document. An annotation is information added to a document. For example, an annotation is added to a document in a form of an electronic sticky note. In response to a user operation, an annotation may be added to or removed from a document, or the position of the annotation may be changed. In addition, in response to a user operation, content displayed in a sticky note may be added, modified, or removed. In addition, as described below, an access right may be set for an annotation. - In the case where an area where a notification is displayed (area where an indication indicating that a component has been edited is displayed) is selected by a user operation, the display
content control module 150 may display the edited component indicated by the notification. For example, the displaycontent control module 150 displays a page including the component indicated by the notification (component edited by the user B). - In the case where the user has signed off, the display
content control module 150 may make the notification by using timeline display based on the degree of importance upon the user signing in. - The display
content control module 150 may also dynamically update the degree of importance in annotation-based notification or timeline-based notification. The term “dynamically updating the degree of importance” refers to calculating the degree of importance every time the document is edited and changing the display manner in accordance with the degree of importance. -
FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a configuration of a system to which the first exemplary embodiment is applied. - An
information processing apparatus 100A, adocument management system 210A, adocument management system 210B, auser terminal 220A, auser terminal 220B, and auser terminal 220C are connected to one another via acommunication network 290. Thedocument management system 210B includes aninformation processing apparatus 100B. Thecommunication network 290 may be wired or wireless, or may be a combination thereof. For example, thecommunication network 290 may be a communication infrastructure, such as the Internet or an intranet. In addition, functions of theinformation processing apparatus 100A, thedocument management system 210A, and thedocument management system 210B may be implemented as cloud services. Hereinafter, theinformation processing apparatuses information processing apparatuses 100; thedocument management systems user terminals - The document management systems 210 are systems in which digitized documents are registerable. The document management systems 210 have a function that allows a registered document to be collaboratively edited with the plural user terminals 220. The
document management system 210B including theinformation processing apparatus 100B supplies the editing log to theinformation processing apparatus 100B. Thedocument management system 210A supplies the editing log to theinformation processing apparatus 100A via thecommunication network 290. - The user terminals 220 access the document management system 210 in response to operations performed by respective users 225 (i.e.,
users content control module 150. -
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process according to the first exemplary embodiment. - The process starts in step S300. In step S302, a document is edited in response to a user operation. Specifically, once a document registered in the document management system 210 is edited, the
information processing apparatus 100 obtains information for uniquely identifying the document (document identification (ID)) in the first exemplary embodiment, information for uniquely identifying an edited portion of the document in the first exemplary embodiment, an ID (user ID) for uniquely identifying a user in the first exemplary embodiment, and an editing date/time. -
FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a document to be processed in the first exemplary embodiment. - A
document 400 “doc-123” managed by the document management system 210 includes afirst area 410 and asecond area 420. Theuser 225A “user-001” and theuser 225B “user-002” collaboratively edit thedocument 400 by using the respective user terminals 220. Thefirst area 410 is an area (1ab39av10) that is a component edited by theuser 225A “user-001”. Thesecond area 420 is an area (4boaker9a) that is a component edited by theuser 225B “user-002”. - In step S304, the
information processing apparatus 100 updates the editing log. Specifically, theinformation processing apparatus 100 stores the information obtained in step S302 in the editinglog accumulation module 120. More specifically, theinformation processing apparatus 100 stores, in the editinglog accumulation module 120, a log record that indicates “when” and “how”, “by whom”, “which part” of the collaboratively edited document has been edited. For example, such a log record is stored by using an editing log table 500 in the editinglog accumulation module 120.FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a data structure of the editing log table 500. The editing log table 500 includes auser ID field 510, an editing date/time field 520, adocument ID field 530, an editedportion field 540, and anediting scale field 550. Theuser ID field 510 stores information (user ID) for uniquely identifying a user in the first exemplary embodiment. The editing date/time field 520 stores a date/time (represented in a format of year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and millisecond; or any combination of these units) at which editing has been performed by the user. Thedocument ID field 530 stores information (document ID) for uniquely identifying a document edited by the user in the first exemplary embodiment. The editedportion field 540 stores information indicating a portion edited by the user. As information regarding the “edited portion”, any information that allows an edited portion of the document to be uniquely identified may be used. For example, in the case of a structured document, information regarding the edited portion corresponds to an ID for identifying a component of the structured document. Theediting scale field 550 stores the scale of editing performed by the user. As the scale, for example, the number of characters that have been edited (including added and deleted characters) may be used if the target to be edited is text, or an area of a portion that has been edited may be used if the target to be edited is a figure. - In step S306, the
information processing apparatus 100 determines whether the user ID of a user who has previously edited the edited portion is successfully obtained. If the user ID is successfully obtained, the process proceeds to step S308; otherwise, the process ends (step S399). Specifically, theinformation processing apparatus 100 searches the editing log table 500 for the user ID of a user who has edited the same edited portion. If such a user ID is found (YES in step S306), the process proceeds to degree-of-importance calculation processing (step S308). If no such user ID is found (NO in step S306), the process ends (step S399). - In step S308, the degree-of-
importance calculation module 130 calculates the degree of importance. - Specifically, the degree-of-
importance calculation module 130 calculates the degree of importance by using the degree-of-importance calculation rule stored in the degree-of-importance accumulation module 140 and stores the calculation result in the degree-of-importance accumulation module 140. As the degree-of-importance calculation rule, for example, a degree-of-importance calculation rule table 700 is used.FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a data structure of the degree-of-importance calculation rule table 700. The degree-of-importance calculation rule table 700 includes a point-of-view field 710 and apriority field 720. The point-of-view field 710 stores the point of view (described later). Thepriority field 720 stores a priority in the point of view. - The degree-of-
importance calculation module 130 then stores the calculated degree of importance in, for example, a degree-of-importance calculation result table 800.FIG. 8 illustrates an example of a data structure of the degree-of-importance calculation result table 800. The degree-of-importance calculation result table 800 includes auser ID field 810, a degree-of-importance field 820, an editedportion field 830, and an editinguser ID field 840. Theuser ID field 810 stores a user ID that indicates the previous user (the user A described above) who has edited the edited portion (indicated in the edited portion field 830) last time. The degree-of-importance field 820 stores the degree of importance of the editing of the edited portion (indicated in the edited portion field 830) for the previous user (the user A described above) indicated by the user ID. The editedportion field 830 stores a portion that has been edited. The editinguser ID field 840 stores a user ID that indicates a current user (the user B described above) who has edited the edited portion this time. It is assumed in this case that the user A edits a component, and then the user B edits the same component. - An example of the degree-of-importance calculation processing performed by the degree-of-
importance calculation module 130 will be described in detail. - The degree-of-
importance calculation module 130 determines whether editing that is important for the user A has been performed in accordance with the information stored in the editing log table 500. - Examples of the point of view used to calculate the degree of importance include (1) to (5) listed below. These points of view may be used independently from one another, or the degree of importance may be calculated based on the priority defined in advance in the degree-of-importance calculation rule table 700. In addition, the degree of importance calculation result is stored in the degree-of-importance calculation result table 800 on a per user basis.
- The larger a proportion of an editing amount in an area of an edited portion, the more important the editing is determined to be.
- The higher the frequency of editing or the later the editing timing, the more important the editing is determined to be. The number of times of editing or the number of times of editing in a predetermined period may be used as the frequency of editing.
- The degree of importance is changed depending on the way of editing, such as “depending on whether the body is edited” or “whether an annotation is added as a comment”. Editing is determined to be more important in the case where the body of the document is edited in response to a comment than in the case where another comment is added in response to a comment because it is considered that checking whether the pointed-out part is correctly reflected is more important.
- Editing performed by a user belonging to the same group as the previous user (user A) or by the previous user's boss is determined to be more important.
- A reference right may be assigned to an annotation of a document. For example, the reference right of each annotation is managed by using an annotation table 600.
FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a data structure of the annotation table 600. The annotation table 600 includes anannotation ID field 610 and an accessright field 620. Theannotation ID field 610 stores information (annotation ID) for uniquely identifying an annotation in the first exemplary embodiment. The accessright field 620 stores an access right assigned to the annotation indicated by the annotation ID. The accessright field 620 stores, for example, the user ID and the access right (such as a reference right or an editing right). - In the case where users each having the reference right for an annotation of interest concurrently edit the document, editing related to the annotation is determined to be more important. Alternatively, editing may be determined to be more important on condition that no user not having the reference right for the annotation is participating in the concurrent editing. For example, information that is desirably kept unknown to other groups (information that is written in an annotation and for which users of the other groups do not have the reference right), is determined to be important when no other groups are participating in the collaborative editing and to be a topic of a chat during the collaborative editing.
- In step S310, the
information processing apparatus 100 determines whether the user indicated by the user ID is currently using the user terminal 220. If the user is currently using the user terminal 220, the process proceeds to step S312; otherwise, the process ends (step S399). Specifically, theinformation processing apparatus 100 checks whether the user indicated by the user ID obtained in step S306 is online (is collaboratively editing the document). If the user indicated by the user ID is online (YES in step S310), processing of step S312 is performed. If the user indicated by the user ID is not online (NO in step S310), the process ends (step S399). - In step S312, the
information processing apparatus 100 controls display of the annotation for the user ID. Specifically, theinformation processing apparatus 100 displays editing information in an editing outline area 1020 (seeFIG. 10 ) on the user terminal 220 of the online user. The display content may be sorted based on the degree of importance. The user then selects a given part of theediting outline area 1020 on the user terminal 220. A document area 1010 (seeFIG. 10 ) may be updated (changed) so that the “information for uniquely identifying the edited portion of the document” stored in the editing log table 500 is displayed. - A specific example regarding how a notification based on the degree of importance is made will be described next with reference to
FIGS. 9 and 10 . In this example, a notification is made by displaying an annotation added to a document of interest. That is, content of the notification is included in the annotation. - As illustrated in the example in
FIG. 10 , thedocument area 1010 that displays content of the document being edited and theediting outline area 1020 that notifies the user of important editing for the user are displayed in ascreen 1000 of the display device, such as a liquid crystal display, of the user terminal 220. The example illustrated inFIG. 10 illustrates the case where editing is performed five times, and theediting outline area 1020 displays editing outlines 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, and 1025, which are annotations. Note that when collaborative editing is started, nothing is displayed in theediting outline area 1020. - The display of the annotations is controlled in accordance with the degree of importance in the
editing outline area 1020. For example, the display order or whether to display each annotation is controlled in accordance with the degree of importance. - As illustrated in the example in
FIG. 9 , theusers user terminals - The
user 225A “user-001” inserts a table 910A onpage 1 of the document (state A). - Then, the
user 225A “user-001” refers topage 5 of the document. At that time, theuser 225B “user-002” edits the table 910A that has been inserted by theuser 225A “user-001” to replace the table 910A with a table 910B (state B). - Then, the degree-of-
importance calculation module 130 determines that editing that is important for theuser 225A “user-001” has been performed, in accordance with the information managed by the editinglog management module 110, and the displaycontent control module 150 displays content of the editing performed by theuser 225B “user-002” at theediting outline 1021 of theediting outline area 1020 on theuser terminal 220A used by theuser 225A “user-001” (state C). - If the
user 225A “user-001” selects theediting outline 1021 in theediting outline area 1020, theuser 225A “user-001” is able to check the content of the editing performed by theuser 225B “user-002” (state D). That is, the page (page 1) including the table 910B (i.e., the table 910A that has been edited by theuser 225B “user-002”) is displayed. - The display manner of the editing outlines, such as the
editing outline 1021 which is an annotation, may be dynamically controlled by sorting them based on the degree of importance or the like. For example, the editing outline having a higher degree of importance may be displayed at an upper position. - The displayed content may be controlled in accordance with the device type (such as a personal computer, a smartphone, or the like) of the user terminal 220. In addition, when the user terminal 220 is offline, a notification regarding important editing may be made by email or the like.
- A description will be further given of the case where three users are editing a document of interest with reference to an example illustrated in
FIG. 11 . - As illustrated in the example in
FIG. 11 , theusers user terminals user 225C is theuser 225A's boss. It is also assumed that operations such as editing performed by theusers FIG. 9 . - The
user 225C “user-003” edits the table 910B included in the document by using theuser terminal 220C to replace the table 910B with a table 910C (state E). - Then, the degree-of-
importance calculation module 130 determines that editing that is importance for theusers 225A “user-001” and 225B “user-002” has been performed, in accordance with the information managed by the editinglog management module 110, and the displaycontent control module 150 displays content of the editing performed by theuser 225C “user-003” at theediting outline 1022 of theediting outline area 1020 on theuser terminals users 225A “user-001” and 225B “user-002”, respectively (state F). - Since the
user 225C “user-003” is the boss of theuser 225A “user-001”, it is determined that the degree of importance of the editing performed by theuser 225C “user-003” is high. Accordingly, control is performed so that the content of editing (editing outline 1022) performed by theuser 225C “user-003” is displayed at an upper position than that of the content of editing (editing outline 1021) performed by theuser 225B “user-002” in theediting outline area 1020 on theuser terminal 220A used by theuser 225A “user-001”. -
FIG. 12 illustrates an example of a conceptual module configuration according to a second exemplary embodiment. - An
information processing apparatus 1200 is equivalent to theinformation processing apparatus 100 illustrated in the example inFIG. 1 that additionally includes a timeline displaycontent control module 1250 in the displaycontent control module 150. - Specifically, the
information processing apparatus 1200 includes the editinglog management module 110, the editinglog accumulation module 120, the degree-of-importance calculation module 130, the degree-of-importance accumulation module 140, and the displaycontent control module 150. Note that modules that are of substantially the same types as those of the corresponding modules of the first exemplary embodiment are denoted by the same reference signs, and whereby a duplicated description is omitted (the same applies to the following). - The timeline display
content control module 1250 performs control so that the editing log of collaborative editing is displayed in a timeline-like manner. The timeline displaycontent control module 1250 controls the display manner of contents subjected to timeline display, in accordance with the degree of importance. The term “timeline” refers to a line along which contents of editing are displayed in time series. - For example, it is assumed that the
user 225A “user-001” has signed in at 9:00 on January 21. The timeline displaycontent control module 1250 usually displays contents of editing in ascending or descending order of time by using timeline. - However, when the
information processing apparatus 1200 according to the second exemplary embodiment is used, the timeline displaycontent control module 1250 controls display based on the degree of importance by using timeline, in accordance with the degree of importance obtained by the degree-of-importance calculation module 130. For example, as illustrated inFIG. 13 , contents ofediting editing - As a result of the processing performed by the timeline display
content control module 1250, the user is easily able to know, at the time of sign-in, whether editing that is important for the user has been performed by another user before the sign-in. - A third exemplary embodiment will be described next in which the degree of importance is calculated by using location information of users. The third exemplary embodiment has a module configuration substantially the same as those of the first and second exemplary embodiments described above, and the editing
log accumulation module 120 and the degree-of-importance calculation module 130 additionally include the following information and processing, respectively. - The editing
log accumulation module 120 further stores, as the log information, location information of each user. The location information is information indicating a location which the user is in, for example, information indicating a country or a region. -
FIG. 14 illustrates an example of a data structure of an editing log table 1400. The editing log table 1400 includes auser ID field 1410, an editing date/time field 1420, adocument ID field 1430, an editedportion field 1440, anediting scale field 1450, and alocation field 1460. The editing log table 1400 is equivalent to the editing log table 500 illustrated in the example inFIG. 5 that additionally includes thelocation field 1460. That is, the editing log table 1400 is stored in the editinglog accumulation module 120 according to the first or second exemplary embodiment. Theuser ID field 1410 stores a user ID. The editing date/time field 1420 stores a date/time at which editing has been performed by the user. Thedocument ID field 1430 stores a document ID of a document edited by the user. The editedportion field 1440 stores a portion edited by the user. Theediting scale field 1450 stores a scale of editing performed by the user. Thelocation field 1460 stores a location of the user. -
FIG. 15 illustrates an example of a data structure of an annotation table 1500. The annotation table 1500 is equivalent to the annotation table 600 illustrated in the example inFIG. 6 that additionally includes alocation field 1530. The annotation table 1500 includes anannotation ID field 1510, an accessright field 1520, and thelocation field 1530. Theannotation ID field 1510 stores an annotation ID. The accessright field 1520 stores an access right assigned to an annotation indicated by the annotation ID. Thelocation field 1530 stores a location of a user who has added the annotation indicated by the annotation ID. - The degree-of-
importance calculation module 130 calculates the degree of importance in accordance with a distance between locations. For example, the degree of importance may be changed depending on whether the locations are the same or not. - Specifically, the degree-of-
importance calculation module 130 determines the degree of importance based on additional information provided by the annotation of the document. - Editing performed by a user who is in a location near a location in which the user, who has added an annotation to the document, has been is determined to be important. Here, the term “near” may mean the same or substantially the same locations as described above, or it may be determined whether the locations are near by comparing a distance between the locations with a predetermined threshold (specifically, it is determined that the locations are near if the distance is smaller than or equal to the predetermined threshold).
- For example, in the case where a draft of a product manual of a global product is collaboratively edited, the regulatory compliances differ from country to country, and thus important content also differs from control to country. In such a case, access source country information (location of the user) is assigned to an annotation as in the annotation table 1500. This configuration allows editing performed by a user located in a certain country to be determined to be information that is important for the other users who have made an access from that country.
- The hardware configuration of a computer that executes a program according to the exemplary embodiments is substantially the same as that of a common computer as illustrated in
FIG. 16 . Specifically, the computer may be a personal computer or a server computer, for example. That is, in a specific example, aCPU 1601 is used as a processor (computing unit), and aRAM 1602, aROM 1603, and anauxiliary storage device 1604 are used as storage devices. For example, a hard disk drive or a solid state drive (SSD) may be used as theauxiliary storage device 1604. The computer includes theCPU 1601 that executes a program implementing the editinglog management module 110, the degree-of-importance calculation module 130, the displaycontent control module 150, and the timeline displaycontent control module 1250, for example; theRAM 1602 that stores the program and data; theROM 1603 that stores a program for booting the computer; the auxiliary storage device 1604 (which may be a flash memory or the like) having the functions of the editinglog accumulation module 120 and the degree-of-importance accumulation module 140, for example; an acceptingdevice 1606 that accepts data based on a user operation, such as a keyboard, a mouse, a touchscreen, or a microphone; anoutput device 1605 such as a cathode ray tube (CRT) display, a liquid crystal display, or a speaker; acommunication network interface 1607 connected to a communication network, such as a network interface card; and abus 1608 that connects the above components to one another and allows the above components to exchange data with one another. Plural computers described above may be connected to one another via a network. - Exemplary embodiments based on a computer program among the exemplary embodiments described above are implemented as a result of loading the computer program, which is software, into a system having the above-described hardware configuration and of software and hardware resources operating in cooperation with each other.
- The hardware configuration illustrated in
FIG. 16 merely illustrates a configuration example, and the hardware configuration used in the exemplary embodiments is not limited to the configuration illustrated inFIG. 16 . The hardware configuration may be any configuration that enables execution of the modules described in the exemplary embodiments. For example, some of the modules may be implemented by dedicated hardware (e.g., an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC)), or may reside on an external system and may be connected to theinformation processing apparatus 100 via the communication network. Further, plural systems illustrated inFIG. 16 may be connected to one another via the communication network and operate in cooperation with one another. The configuration may be incorporated into a mobile information communication device (such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a mobile device, or a wearable computer), a smart home appliance, a robot, a copier, a fax, a scanner, a printer, or a multifunction peripheral (an image processing apparatus having two or more functions among functions of a scanner, a printer, a copier, and a fax) as well as the PC. - The described program may be provided after being stored on a recording medium or may be provided via a communication medium. In such a case, for example, the described program may be regarded as the invention related to a “computer readable recording medium storing a program”.
- The “computer readable recording medium storing a program” is a computer readable recording medium storing a program that is used for installing and executing the program, for distribution of the program, and so on.
- Examples of the recording medium include Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs), such as “DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD-RAM” based on standards decided by DVD Forum and “DVD+R and DVD+RW” based on standards decided by DVD+RW; Compact Discs (CDs), such as CD-ROM, CD-recordable (CD-R), and CD-rewritable (CD-RW); Blu-ray Discs (registered trademark); magneto-optical disks (MOs); flexible disks (FDs); magnetic tapes; hard disks; ROMs; electrically erasable programmable ROMs (EEEPROMs (registered trademark)); flash memories; RAMs; and secure digital (SD) memory cards.
- The program or part of the program may be recorded on the recording media for storage or distribution. Also, the program or part of the program may be transmitted by communication using a transmission medium, for example, a wired network, a wireless communication network, or a combination thereof that is used in a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), the Internet, an intranet, or an extranet; or may be propagated over carrier waves.
- Moreover, the program may be part of another program or may be recorded on a recording medium together with other individual programs. Alternatively, the program may be divided and portions of the program may be recorded on plural recording media. The program may be recorded in any restorable form, such as a compressed or encrypted form.
- The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention has been provided for the purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Obviously, many modifications and variations will be apparent to practitioners skilled in the art. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical applications, thereby enabling others skilled in the art to understand the invention for various embodiments and with the various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the following claims and their equivalents.
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